Brainerd: Ron Capps preview

RON CAPPS: WE'RE READY TO RACE IN BRAINERD
CARLSBAD, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2007) - After admitting that the Brut Funny Car
team and crew chief Ed "Ace" McCulloch did take advantage of having
clinched a spot in the top eight for the Countdown to the ...

RON CAPPS: WE'RE READY TO RACE IN BRAINERD

CARLSBAD, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2007) - After admitting that the Brut Funny Car
team and crew chief Ed "Ace" McCulloch did take advantage of having
clinched a spot in the top eight for the Countdown to the Championship by
doing some race-day testing, Funny Car points leader Ron Capps says he's
ready to race in this weekend's Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd,
Minn.

With only two national events remaining before the next phase of the
Countdown begins for the top eight in points at the U.S. Nationals in
Indianapolis on Labor Day weekend, the driver of the Brut "Test Drive"
Dodge Charger R/T aims to stay at the top of the heap as he prepares to
battle for his first Funny Car championship.

"With only two to go before Indy, this race is very, very important for a
lot of teams," says Capps, a two-time Brainerd winner, in 1998 and 2001.
"For us, we were able to clinch a spot in the Countdown and that was
huge, because we were able to try some things that we've been wanting to
test.

"We sacrificed a few bad races results-wise for trying some things that
we're going to need to try for the Countdown when it starts. So, now
we're back to our normal deal. We're ready to race to win.

"We have a special interest in getting a win in these next two races.
I've been very lucky to have won Brainerd twice," adds Capps, who is 101
points ahead of Robert Hight entering this weekend's event. "It's a track
that plays tricks on crew chiefs and drivers. You've got to be ready. The
crew chiefs have to deal with the humidity, the heat, and it can really
throw some curve balls at them. And any time we have conditions that
change that quickly, I know I've got one of the best crew chiefs in the
business to adapt to those conditions.

"This whole Brut Dodge team is excited about the Countdown, and we're
going into it with a great, positive approach. And I can't think of a
better place where we'd rather get to right now than Brainerd.

"What we've got to do now is get this new Brut 'Test Drive' body a win,"
says Capps, who has won three national events this year. "We haven't
given it a win through the summer months. We have two races left to do
this, because we go back to the blue Brut Revolution car in
Indianapolis."